URUGUAY VS MAURITANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MAURITANIA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,181	6	1,370	+ 810
Low Birth Weight	2	1,594	42	73	+ 1,520
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,311	35	134	+ 1,177
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,295	1	4,265	- 2,970
Malaria	5	1,126	79	0	+ 1,126
Stroke	6	1,034	2	2,850	- 1,816
Birth Trauma	7	953	53	22	+ 931
Road Traffic Accidents	8	917	16	512	+ 405
Tuberculosis	9	567	41	81	+ 487
Congenital Anomalies	10	526	30	170	+ 356
Maternal Conditions	11	505	60	9	+ 497
Diabetes Mellitus	12	470	11	747	- 277
Liver Disease	13	463	27	206	+ 258
Pertussis	14	455	72	0	+ 454
Kidney Disease	15	439	8	1,040	- 601
Violence	16	389	23	295	+ 94
Malnutrition	17	366	43	73	+ 293
Meningitis	18	282	58	10	+ 272
Other Injuries	19	272	10	774	- 502
Cervical Cancer	20	264	29	172	+ 92
Liver Cancer	21	247	34	147	+ 99
Hypertension	22	226	15	648	- 422
Lung Disease	23	217	4	1,706	- 1,489
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	199	3	1,899	- 1,700
HIV/AIDS	25	182	28	195	- 13
Syphilis	26	161	66	3	+ 158
Endocrine Disorders	27	156	17	487	- 331
Breast Cancer	28	150	9	848	- 698
Asthma	29	134	37	127	+ 7
Suicide	30	112	12	735	- 624
Falls	31	111	47	55	+ 56
Stomach Cancer	32	105	18	480	- 376
Fires	33	97	48	54	+ 43
Prostate Cancer	34	94	13	707	- 614
Drownings	35	92	45	65	+ 27
Inflammatory/Heart	36	87	22	314	- 227
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	87	7	1,245	- 1,158
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	66	46	57	+ 9
Epilepsy	39	59	40	86	- 27
Drug Use	40	56	49	41	+ 16
Parkinson's Disease	41	55	21	320	- 266
Poisonings	42	53	55	17	+ 37
Lymphomas	43	51	20	457	- 406
Lung Cancers	44	48	5	1,463	- 1,415
Tetanus	45	46	71	0	+ 45
Skin Cancers	46	39	33	149	- 110
Skin Disease	47	38	36	130	- 92
Oral Cancer	48	35	31	167	- 132
Ovary Cancer	49	34	32	160	- 126
Bladder Cancer	50	34	26	276	- 243
Pancreas Cancer	51	31	14	656	- 625
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	27	50	39	- 13
Encephalitis	53	26	64	4	+ 22
Oesophagus Cancer	54	24	24	286	- 263
Leukemia	55	18	25	280	- 263
Hepatitis B	56	18	63	4	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	57	13	38	115	- 102
Alcohol	58	13	39	104	- 92
Schistosomiasis	59	11	77	0	+ 11
Appendicitis	60	7	59	9	- 2
Measles	61	7	74	0	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	62	6	19	464	- 458
Multiple Sclerosis	63	4	56	13	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	3	51	35	- 31
Diphtheria	65	2	73	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	66	2	80	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	67	2	65	3	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	2	62	5	- 3
Leishmaniasis	69	2	78	0	+ 2
War	70	1	70	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	67	2	- 2
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	61	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	52	32	- 32
Oral conditions	82	0	68	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	54	18	- 18
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Mauritania

Uruguay

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.